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Brighton 10k

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I've got a new 3rd (though arguably 2nd) best 10k time, and Brighton is my new favorite English city. Finally, a fast race in England. Why Brighton Brighton was on my list of places to see. I also wanted to do a race on the south coast, and Brighton had the cheapest train tickets compared with other nearby coastal cities (by a weirdly large amount).  There was a bit of a booking panic signing up to this race. I had known I wanted to do this 10k since the start of the year, but when I went to book my place during the summer, the website said it was no longer holding the race. I'm not entirely sure what went on, but it looks like there was some sort of miscommunication between the local athletics club and the company running the race.  Long story short, the race company was no longer involved, and the athletics club had to put together plans for this race with only 3 months to go. But it all worked out in the end, clearly. The journey Again, another we